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Show Sy ANTHUR CANDELL PORT AU PRINCE (UPI) — . fei, the world’s youngest chief af state, as put Haiti back into the housing develop and conservation Projects are once again on the drawing boards. Industryis also moving in. The Caribbean republic hes become attractive as a site ior laborintensive assembly plants. puiting together everything from basebails to complicated electronic gear. The reason is dear — the government miaimum wage was recently increased but is still only $1 a Gouree Unesco Courier The worid’s fastest growing cities: 970 ‘reittions of inhabitants) Mew York Tekyo London Shanghai Mexico City Los Angeles 7. Buenes Alros 8, Paris The world’s largestcities: 1985 {millions of inhabitants) 16.3 is 105 10.0 84 84 i 2. 3. 4 5. 6. 84 B4 9. Sao Paulo Bandung Lagos Karachi Bogota Baghdad Bangkok 78 7.6 10. $a0 Paulo 11. Moscow 12. Peking 1S 76 i}. Mexico City 12. Bombay 1. 2. 3. 4. Tokyo New York Mexico City Sac Pauio 25.2 18.8 17.9 168 137% 132% 30 84 6. Los Angeles 7. Bombay 137 12.4 2.0 §, Shanghai et 14.3 124% 46 115% 113% 78 84 10. Osaka 11. Buenos Alves 1.8 7 Haiti is still the poorest nation inthe hemisphere, with the latest estitnates of ner capita incame ranging from$85 to $80 a year. But that's an improvement over the $7 to $75 which was the accented figure until this year 5 12, Rio de Janeiro 11.4 for almost the entire post-World 121m 9. Lima 10, Osake 12 14 35 26 145% 7 Teheran 8, Seoul (mihions of inhabitants? 242% 186% 163% 146% 108% & Catoutts 28 9. Peking 124 12.0 The controversy became more acule when Gen. Paul Stehlin, French air force chief of staff from 1960 to 1983, told President Valery Giscard d’Estaing that France, and Europe, couldn't compete with the United States in aviation aud had best seek close cooperation with the Americans. Stehlin resigned as vice president of the National Dubbed “the dogfight of the Assembly in the face of an century” by the experts, the unusual nationalistic outcry contest basically invoives Fran- pa his criticism of the e's Dassault-Breguet producer Mane builder Marce! Dasof the Mirage jetfighters and two top American makers of sault, §, immediately chaiwarplanes, General Dynamics lenged General Dynamics. Northrop and Saab to a and Northrop Corp ‘Sweden is also in the running sirnulated photocamera dogbut its Saab Viggen may be fight. The Americans picked up _ scratched from the race be: the chalienge and the dogfight of cause of testing mishaps and the century may yet be staged, because the Swedes for unex- tut for the moment both the plained reasons have failed to American and the French jets are still in the testing stage Benerate a big sales effort. Following are the basic No one can claim absolute superiority for the General features of ihe competing Dynamics YF16, the Northrop aircraft: —Mirage FIMS3: Maximum YFI?7,the Mirage FIMS3 or the Saab Viggen ‘37, a Western weight at takeoff 24,662 Ibs., can aviation expert said, because ail caity four tons of external four are top quality jets and their charge. Jet engine: M53, of #5 tons of thrust which will characteristics are similar. ‘The American competitors eventually be brought to a 10 lave a clear edge over the ton power thrust. Speed Mach Europeans in the use of new light 22. Armaments: guns and materials for the planes’ bodies, missiles produced by Matra but the Dassault Mirage is Radar: Cyrano by TomsonSuperior in experience. It is an CSF. —General Dynamics YFi6: advanced outgrowth of a long family of warplanes which has Single seater still in testing re tops in past Middle East stage. takeoff weight 17,464 Ibs. Powered by F100 Pratt & fight faeis thesale ofof 305 At stake HO to 376 Whitney engine of 113 tons planes worth $2 billion to the thrust. Speed Mach 2 (twice the Dutch, Belgian. Norwegian and speed of sound) Armaments Danish air forces. But whoever guns and air-to-air missiles —Northrop’s Cobra YFI7 swings the deal may sell ‘ten times as many planes to other Single seater still in testing countries, thus gaining a stage. Maximum takeoff weight contract actually valued in 2,955 lbs. Powered by two advance at $20 billion,” a French General Electric Jets YJ161 of $8 tons of thrust each air force spokesman said. Armaments one gun and airto-air missiles —Saeb Viggen: Ail-weather intercepter, Mach 2 speed. Engine develops i2.?7-on thrust, weight '7 tons including ¢ tons of external weapons including missiles and Swiss-made Oerlikon 30mm cannon. U.S. experts contend the American planes are superior because they use ite latest technological know-how. 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INVESTORS RESEARCH CORPORATION 13 Bowdoin St. Boston, Mass, G2114 rc Panasonic reighhors, where it has found many shared Haiti was accepted a few weeksago.as a full member of the newiyReuxite created international Association eve: though its bauxite production is miniscule WHY BANK jetliner and the first P1M53 will take to the air this month ‘The Americans claim their technology is se advanced that there is ne comparison with the French aircraft. The French astert they possess incomparabiy more advanced radar and ene systems that even the score. The big question is not the Western jets’ Performance against ach other but against the latest Soviet preduct, the mystery MIG23 jetfighter. ‘The Soviet jet is doing better than Mach 2.2 and, according te Western experts, the Russians Both the YFI6 and YFi7 are are rapidly modifying its aiready flying and the Penta- armaments to take into account gon must choose between them lessons learned in the 1967 war. early next year for a new U.S. tn that war Israel's Americanbuilt Phantoms and French lightweight combatplane, The French Mirage F1MS3 is Mirages of the now obsolete sull in the prototype stage. The Mirage IIE type outwitted the engine has heen successfully slow, Soviet-buill. plane-totested aboard a Caravelle plane rockets. SOUNDS or rue HOLIDAYS Brglish-speaking Ceribbean oF& aae U.S., France in Dogfight Over Jet Pacts By GEORGE SIBEKA The government is me hard to improve ties War Ilperiod, Duvalier, now 23, appears well entrenched in power. Since the exile of the strongest man in his {Populationfigures are for greater metropolitan areas} PARIS (UPI) — France and the United States are involved in 2 no-holds-barred duel for jetfighter contracts worth billionsofdollars. Because the aircraft industry is ailing in Europe as well as in the United States, defeat could mean the closing of many aircraft plants and unemploytment for thousands of workers cacticnchacitcdataansiaale ‘ be BUENO"nes | 2. 3. 4. §. 6. by the from The party re- the pen dor ledin the past which it wes isolated daring his mains the only iegai political by the Bahamas, the nearest party in the nation and n> one has haven for bostioads ent Saiked about elections fer a jong discontented Haitians, WAS time. firvalyclosed this yeat importantrole in ‘When he first came to office after the death of his father in patter as ne fom April, 1971, the young president swing votes at the recent "made overtures toward political conference of the Organization of exiles, promising them freedom Senesican ints i Gite ie a Rot SYZ # The world’s largest cities: 1870 —suggestt that+e the the necessary two-thirds been no oxtward ns of no enfry 10 MechadeMk Haitian Ss delegate sf dissension within the government ease iits iron rule government or wi Haitians sill ter nation greed, making such action feuding first family. the hundreds every year. 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